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ActiveX controls can modify the properties of objects in an application.
No, Microsoft ActiveX controls cannot run on Mac OS X.
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No, all ActiveX controls run off of IE.
To disable ActiveX controls in Internet Explorer, open the browser and go to the "Tools" menu, then select "Internet Options." In the "Security" tab, choose the appropriate zone (e.g., Internet or Local Intranet) and click on "Custom level." Scroll down to the "ActiveX controls and plug-ins" section, and disable the options you want to restrict, such as "Run ActiveX controls and plug-ins" and "Script ActiveX controls marked safe for scripting." Finally, click "OK" to apply the changes.
This article explains the risks involved in enabling ActiveX controls and how the Trust Center in the 2007 Microsoft Office system can help to mitigate these risks. In this article, the term document can mean any Office file that can contain ActiveX controls.To learn more about the Trust Center, you can read View my options and settings in the Trust Center.For information about Office 2003 and ActiveX, you can see the Allow ActiveX Controls article at Microsoft.
ActiveX is a small program that can be downloaded by a web site to your computer, sometime without your knowledge. Microsoft invented ActiveX controls so that web sites could use some nifty multimedia features, however ActiveX controls allow web pages to execute program code on your machine - there's no way for you to know ahead of time whether that code is harmless or a malicious attack on your computer. To answer the question it is no but malicious software writters will use ActiveX because it can get into windows system easier.
ActiveX controls have been revamped to help better protect against internet threats to users. Broken scripts are better detected.
ActiveX controls are only as dangerous as the intentions of the person who wrote them. Only download them when the site that is asking you can be trusted. If you don't trust the web site, do not run their code.
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